TY  - JOUR
T1  - Hopelessness Levels of Mothers with and Without Disabled Children
AU - , R.Ceylan AU - , N.Aral 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 6
SP  - 746
EP  - 750
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2007.746.750
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2007.746.750
KW  - Disabled child
KW  -family
KW  -anxiety
KW  -stress
KW  -depression
KW  -hopelessness
AB  - This study aims to determine whether a difference exists between the hopelessness levels of mothers with and without disabled children and whether the hopelessness levels of mothers with disabled children depend on children’s sex, birth order, type of disability, age, reactions given at the time of diagnosis and actions taken thereafter. The sample comprised 150 mothers, 75 of whom had disabled children attending special education and rehabilitation centers in K r ehir and the remaining 75 of whom had children with regular development attending standard primary schools. Demographic data was collected using a "General Information Form" and data about mothers’ hopelessness levels was collected using "Beck Hopelessness Scale". The data was then analyzed using Mann Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H tests. The results suggested that the hopelessness levels of mothers with disabled children were higher than others. Additionally, it was found that mothers who were shocked at the diagnosis or were looking for solutions on their own experienced higher hopelessness levels than others and that hopelessness did not depend on children’s sex, birth order, type of disability or age.
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